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Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1924
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses outside the Hotel Brunswick in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Everett Gillilan

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Everett Gillilan, owner of Pioneer Motors, Incorporated, in Lancaster.
Postcard

Monument of Nelson Dewey

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Description: Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re...
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Residence of First Governor of Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: View from across the street of Nelson Dewey's home.
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Kroger Store Flower Bulb Promotion

Date: 02 06 1952
Description: Two store employees of a Kroger store stand by an Old Dutch cleanser promotion for gladiolus bulbs in a store in Lancaster. Other merchandise displays incl...
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Lancaster Grocery Store Display

Date: 12 22 1951
Description: Two unidentified men stand next to a display announcing a .01 cent sale of Old Dutch cleanser in a Lancaster grocery store. A banner annoucing the product ...
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Captain John White House

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Description: Exterior of Captain John White House, built about 1707, a modest home overgrown with greenery. Published by H. W. Newcomb.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, looking north. Residences and shops can be seen along the wide, tree-lined street. Published by Frank A. Gould.
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Paul Revere Bell

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Description: View of the Paul Revere Bell, made in 1822 by the Paul Revere Foundry. The bell was erected at Fifth Meeting House, designed by Charles Bulfinch and compl...
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Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group of children pose in doorway of brick building.
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Fourth Annual Grant County Contest

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults pose on the lawn in front of brick building. Other people look out of open windows.
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Grant County Contest Winners

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Description: Contest winners pose outside brick building in doorway. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. First row, reading from left to righ...
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Grant County Contest Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Contest winners pose in doorway of brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. Arithmatic winners, first row from left to...
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Grant County Contest

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group portrait of children standing. Many of the children have ribbons on their lapel or collar.
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Grant County Fifth Annual Contest

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Cow Pasture

Date: 05 30 1966
Description: View from hill of cows grazing below in a pasture, as seen through a cluster of trees in bud.
Postcard

Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
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Amish Man, Woman and Children

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Description: A view of an Amish man and woman with two children walking down the sidewalk along a street.
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Amish Men and Woman

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Description: A view of two Amish men, one of whom is holding a basket, and an Amish woman standing on the sidewalk along a commercial street, with an automobile and str...

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